The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-06-23
Our Greensboro Letter.
Correspondence of The Sentinel.

correspondence OF he Se7lttTlef.
SOUTH GREENSBORO, n. c., June 90 |
We are having sweltering weather-have
had some sickness, but the general health is
on the improve.
Our citizens are blessed with fine gardens
of vegetables of every description, and with
plenty to eao and delightful shade to luxu-
rate in-they are happy
This city, which is to old Greensboro
what Brooklyn is to New York, is growing
rapidly. 1t is settled with "a moving, active,
energetic, intelligent, liberal and moral peo-
pie, who, by close application to business,
have prospered wonderfully. 1t needs no
police force. 1t has no grog-shops, no dens,
no places of doubtful amusements, but has
two nice churches with most excellent min
listers, school of high grade, two stores, a
market, most of the prominent manufac-
turers are Its citizens, besides some of the
finest legal talent in the land, and good ply
sicians, with every branch of industry rep
resented, with Miss Sampson, the artist,
whose gallery and museum are worth DAYS
study to the admirers of genius, and con-
slant influx of new settlers who buy lots and
build and become permanent settlers; and
to all such she says: Welcome. Come We
also have one newspaper, mineral spring,
streets beautifully laid out, and many fine
buildings, though we have no millionaires,
nor idlers who are ever a drawback to any
communicating plenty of brain and muscle
which go hand in hand to the development
| of the resources of this great country, and
we are not overrun with worthless dogs, the
| fling of one of the mammoth daiiies ofthe Me-
| tropolis, over the way, to the contrary, not
outstanding. We have the most beautiful
drives, the streets are clean and well lighted
and greatly patronized by our neighbors
We will have Cemetery, and keep fully
abreast with the demands of the times in
| everything that pertains to a growing city.
/ will mention some of the hidden treas
ures. Mr.. Forbes, for instance, who lately
| purchased, and built fine house, lies down
at night and sleeps innocent of the fact that
under him lies a hidden wealth. Yes, that
| very blue clay that would not slip off the
shovel when Pete Wagstaf was digging the
well-that very finest of prepared putty that
when dry and rubbed between the fingers is
finer than hour-when made into brick
would be worth rs cents apiece. Indeed its
true value is not yet known, but that it re-
sists heat and wher. developed will supersede
ordinary brick, there is no doubt, and the
man who sells such land for a song-is left
Further on on about direct line with Fish
er Hill mine we have little doubt that these
hills which surround Uncle Johnnie Nc
Culloch and others are underlaid with
vein or veins of gold. Mr.. James, for in
stance, had his well deepened and at the
bottom was found gold, and now he quaff
the purest limpid water, rejoicing in TIL,
knowledge of his untold treasure, and so on
and so ON.
Mr.. Editor, we congratulate you upon th
assumption of the responsible duties that fal
S upon one in charge of such a paper as tn
: SENTINEL, and predict success alread
e achieved in the world of literature of whicl
: you will henceforth be very consp icuou
. part. With best wishes for you.
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